So this weekend I learned the hard way how autocross doesn't always transition well into track driving.
After auto-crossing my crx for 2 years I felt comfortable trail braking in to get it to rotate around the sharp corners of and autocross. At relatively low speeds it was very manageable, with the only consequence being a big drift now and then and a slow lap time.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l-Y7ZObmbc&list=PLblyDPT_A26P10obbq15otni_6NVav11M"]Nelson Ledges Off Track Excursion - YouTube[/ame]
Then I got on the track, a wet Nelson Ledges to be more specific, in my short wheel base crx. It was the end of the first session and I was building speed and confidence until it almost sent me into a tire wall. Yes there were many factors that added up to this mistake, one of which has to do with poor brake bias,but I know it was in part driver error because I went the rest of the day, which alternated from soaking wet to full dry, without another big slide in turn entry until the very last lap of the day. As you can see in the video I initiated my turn in while still on the brakes, and in these conditions and this car it sent me straight off the track.
So while autocross teaches you great car control you must always remember that the driving techniques that you use at high speed changes dramatically. Thats a lesson Ill never forget.
Just to show you how on edge my car was that day though, this is the around of steering lock that it took to initiate that slide in the first video.
